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BENDER BITCH FOR TRACTORVS.

Application area January e5, 1921.

y To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, GERALD B. l-lrenorr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ames, in the county of Story and State of l'owa, improvements in Binder Hitches for Tractors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to binder hit-ches for tractors, the object of which is to permit the binder or other agricultural implement to make a square turn in a facile manner.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple type of hitch which may be quickly associated with standard binders and tractors, which will in no way hinder normal use of the same, and which will materially increase the general ethciency of themachine, especially in view of the time saved in working the same over the entire productive area of the field. Y

`The above and other yobjects of this invention kwill be in part described and in part understood Afrom the following descrip-A tion Aof the present preferred embodiment oi' the invention taken in connection with `the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. l is a top plan view of a hitch constructed in' accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2 2 ot Fig. l, looking in the direction of the arrow.

Fig. 3, is a perspective view of the connecting fork used and Fig. et, is an edge elevation view of one part of the clevis used in this invention.

In the drawings, a standard typeV of binder stub tongue 5 is shown whichk has associated therewith the usual bracket 6.

rlhe invention consists especially of a bar 7, which may be or any desired shape and size and which has one end thereof detachably engaged by straps 8, the opposite ends of the latter being turned laterally at an angle and detachably engaged with the stub tongue 5. rlhe outer end ott said har is detacha-bly engaged by a tractor draw bar engaging clevis generally designated 9. This clevis consists of a pair ont plates 1Q, and are preferably of the conliguration shown Speeicaton of Letters Patent.

have invented certain new and useful -with the lower tace lugs 15 which SerialV No. 438,743. i

in Fig. e of the drawings. rlhe outer ends of the plates have openings "formed therein through which a clevis pin may be engaged for connecting the draw bar ot the tractor.

Extending laterally from one side of the tongue 5 is an arcuate lil-shaped guide ll, which consists of' uasingle strap of metal, one end et which is engaged with the upper tacel ofsaid tongue at the outer terminal of the latter and the opposite end engaged of the tongue at said outer end. rllhe bar 7 extends through the guide member and is limited in its movement by the vertex of the U as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. l.

ln order to connect the guide 11 with the draw bar of the tractor a connecting fork l2 is provided which consists of a pair of straps bent at an obtuse angle and secured together by rivets 13 or the like. The turcations 14 of the fork straddle the and are pivotally engaged therewith, said urcations incidentally straddling the bar 7. The opposite end of the fork memberL from that which carries the urcations 14 has the parts thereof spaced to provide apertured are pivotally engaged with the draw bar of the tractor.

ln use of this device motion is imparted to the binder Vor other agricultural implement in the usual way by movement ot the tractor. Vhen the tractor moves at right angles to make a turn7 it will be apparent that initially the binder will be causedto continue in a direct path, due to the formation ot' the hitch. However, alter the tractor has straightened out, pursuant to making the turn, the binder will be caused to turn abruptly and to follow the path taken by the tractor. rlhis is due to the 'fact that in making causes the bar 7 to move laterally until it comes in contact with the outer end of the guide member 1l, which correspondingly exerts pressure upon the fork l2. ln this way, a sharp corner may be turned by the tractor in order to cover the productive area of the lield with the binder or other implement beingoperated by the tractor. Moreover, this turning movement is accomplished without the necessity of backing or reversrateuteu aan. a, ieee. Y

guide ll the turn the tractor gradually` ing the tractor-7 ivhich latter operation necessarily loses time and is inconvenient to the operator of the machine.

Various changes may be made in this device7 especially in the details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts, Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as covered by the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A binder hitchv for tractors including means connecting the binder and tractor, a binder tongue, a strap extending laterally from the binder tongue and embracing said means, but being unconnected thereto to permit of limited movement of the means, and secondary means engaged with said strap and the tractor to permit initial right angle movement of the tractor Without deflecting the course of the binder7 continued movement of the tractor causing said primary and secondary means to coact for abruptly turning the binder into the path of lmovement of the tractor. Y

2. An implement hitch for tractors including a bar one end of which is connected to the implement, a @levis carried by the Yopposite end of the bar for connecting the K GERALD B. HIGDON. v Witnesses: Y

' J. E. BENNETT,

F. H. SoHLinrnR.V 

